The Embrace of Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem

Saints Joachim and Anne are the names of the parents of the Virgin Mary and come to us
through the early books of Christian legend. Their story was made famous in Europe by the
Dominican Jacobus de Voragine (1298) in his Golden Legend. This contemporary icon,
painted in the Novgorodian style, shows the gift of love between the parents of the Virgin
Mary. It is the traditional marriage icon for Orthodox Christian. Painted by the Canadian
iconographer Heiko C. Schlieper.